21 Aug 2015 | Cricket
It's a ground where world champion Wallabies have been toppled and cricket history has been forged.
Now Swansea's St Helen's famous seafront rugby and cricket ground is to get a blue plaque from Swansea council forever marking its huge contribution to sport since the late 19th Century.
After Cwmdonkin Park, St Helen's will become the second place to be awarded blue plaque status in recent years.
Some of Swansea sport's most historic moments in St Helen's have included legendary West Indies cricketer Sir Garfield Sobers hitting six sixes in one over in 1968 and Swansea RFC beating the world champion Wallabies in 1992.
The blue plaque will be sited close to the clubhouse steps leading to the main pavilion.
Robert Francis-Davies, Swansea council's cabinet member for enterprise, development and regeneration, said: It's not just Swansea's most accomplished sons and daughters who have put our city on the map over the years - it's places too, which is why they're also being recognised by our blue plaque scheme.
St Helen's is hugely deserving of celebration. It's been at the heart of sporting life in Swansea since being opened in 1873, playing host to so many world class matches and athletes ever since.
Our growing collection of blue plaques across Swansea shows the impact our city's people and places have had on the wider world throughout history. They add to Swansea's growing reputation for heritage-based tourism.
The St Helen's blue plaque will be unveiled by the start of October this year.
St Helen's was the venue for Wales' first home rugby international in 1882 against England. It also played host to Swansea RFC's famous 11-3 win over the mighty All Blacks in 1935.
It was on August 31, 1968 when Gary Sobers was playing as captain of Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan that he hit his famous six sixes in one over off the bowling of Malcolm Nash - the first batsman to do so in first class cricket.
Sobers' feat consisted of five clean hits for six and one six where the ball was caught but carried over the boundary by Glamorgan fielder Roger Davis.
The Balconier's are delighted this historic ground has been acknowledged in this way said St Helen's Balconier's Chairman John Williams.
With such a fine history of great cricket and rugby moments achieved at St Helen's over the years, its nice that it will be recognised for posterity.
I've been fortunate enough to have enjoyed cricket at St Helen's for the last half a century and although we are proud to have an international cricket venue in Cardiff, some of the most defining moments in Glamorgan's history were made in the west and at St. Helen's in particular.